No more breakage...sheddin...whatever it was..

[ReeseCup]

So, this week I have been doin all kinds of experiements on my hair...tryin out products and such, and I think my hair had enough by Wednesday.

I been doin the airdryin thing, bought almost every product that sounded good - at least for my hair, that has come across this board. But I started shedding, breakin something SERIOUS Wednesday (this is why my SO bought me a calendar to keep track of what I'm doin so I can look back).

So, I didnt know what was goin on, lookin through these threads to figure out what I did, how I could stop it, etc...

And then I saw it.

The FIRST product I ever bought, even before I started looking on this board: Pantene Relaxed and Natural Deep Conditioning Mask for breakage.

Needless to say, when I did my co wash this morning, not one hair was in the shower. And I was happy!!

So some of y'all, I'm sure it wont necessarily help everyone, depending on your situation, might wanna invest in that. I mean, I was running my hand on my hair, and hairs were all over my hand...wasnt running my fingers THROUGH my hair, just on top.

Maybe that will help somebody, I dunno.

And to other newbies like myself, its good to keep track (i.e. a calendar) of what you do to your hair...cause its easier to see what you did and maybe tweak things a lil bit if something goes wrong.



Peace Y'all, and happy Friday!!

(I'm off to get some of the NTM - and after this, I aint buyin NOTHIN'!!! No matter how much y'all rave about it!!!)

 

[soulie]

The calendar is a good idea; I use a journal on fotki for my tracking: what I did each day, how my hair felt afterwards, was there any hair in the sink, etc. By using the journal I can search easily to see when I used something and how I liked it.

 

[naturalgurl]

Bless your heart. I remember the days, just last year as a matter of fact,I was trying everything. What we don't think about is how will we know what works and what doesn't? I know all about getting caught up in the excitement but slow your roll(or is it road?). Keep it simple so you can compare. I had some shedding trying out different products but now I KNOW what this head needs. I slowed down, gave something time to give results and then bought in bulk. Yep, not only am I an ingredient junkee, I'm a hoarder. I buy large amounts. I have a fear of running out of stuff.erplexed

 

[ReeseCup]

Yea I'm kinda gettin to be a hoarder too, for stuff that I know I like, the keepers. But I'm tryin to take it slow, and be patient. It's just hard when you see heads like sylver, tiffers, and iris, etc...floating around. And then you see other people's progress, when you're doing about the exact same thing. But like someone said, you cant look at everyone else. And I know my time will come too - it just needs to hurry up!!

 

[MoniintheMiddle]

Echo what Naturalgurl said. You really have to find out what works for you and try not to jump on every bandwagon. Sometimes K.I.S.S. is best

 

[DozenRoses99]

That is great that you found out what works for you. I've had to learn the hard way also that simpler is better.

 

[GV-NA-GI-TLV-GE-I]

Bless your heart. I remember the days, just last year as a matter of fact,I was trying everything. What we don't think about is how will we know what works and what doesn't? I know all about getting caught up in the excitement but slow your roll(or is it road?). Keep it simple so you can compare. I had some shedding trying out different products but now I KNOW what this head needs. I slowed down, gave something time to give results and then bought in bulk. Yep, not only am I an ingredient junkee, I'm a hoarder. I buy large amounts. I have a fear of running out of stuff.erplexed

OMG, I'm the same way. I do need this calendar method and I do believe that using too many products might be causing shedding. I'm going to have to selectively read these posts here because with each new item, I wanna try it!!

 

[CokoQt]

The calendar is a good idea; I use a journal on fotki for my tracking: what I did each day, how my hair felt afterwards, was there any hair in the sink, etc. By using the journal I can search easily to see when I used something and how I liked it.

I do this also in my fotki. I was writing in down but I'm bad at keeping up with things like that. It really does help to record these things and it helps me stop being such a PJ when I see I was already getting good results with something I was already using.